Before Pictures Douglas Crimp is the rare art critic whose work profoundly influenced a generation of artists He is best known for his work with the Pictures Generation the very name of which Crimp coined to define t
Douglas Crimp is the rare art critic whose work profoundly influenced a generation of artists He is best known for his work with the Pictures Generation the very name of which Crimp coined to define the work of artists like Robert Longo and Cindy Sherman who appropriated images from mass culture to carry out a subversive critique But while his influence is widely recogDouglas Crimp is the rare art critic whose work profoundly influenced a generation of artists He is best known for his work with the Pictures Generation the very name of which Crimp coined to define the work of artists like Robert Longo and Cindy Sherman who appropriated images from mass culture to carry out a subversive critique But while his influence is widely recognized, we know little about Crimp s own formative experiences before Pictures Before Pictures tells the story of Crimp s life as a young gay man and art critic in New York City during the late 1960s through the turbulent 1970s Crimp participated in all of what made the city so stimulating in that vibrant decade The details of his professional and personal life are interwoven with this the particularly rich history of New York City at that time, producing a vivid portrait of both the critic and his adopted city The book begins with his escape from his hometown in Idaho, and we quickly find Crimp writing criticism for ArtNews while working at the Guggenheim where, as a young curatorial assistant, he was one of the few to see Daniel Buren s Peinture Sculpture before it was removed amid cries of institutional censorship We also travel to the Chelsea Hotel where Crimp helped the down on his luck couturier Charles James organize his papers through to his days as a cinephile and balletomane to the founding of the art journal October, where he remained a central figure for many years As he was developing his reputation as a critic, he was also partaking of the New York night life, from drugs and late nights alongside the Warhol crowd at the Max s Kansas City to discos, roller skating, and casual sex with famous and not so famous men As AIDS began to ravage the closely linked art and gay communities, Crimp eventually turned his attention to activism dedicated to rethinking AIDS Part biography and part cultural history, Before Pictures is a courageous account of an exceptional period in both Crimp s life and the life of New York City At the same time, it offers a deeply personal and engaging point of entry into important issues in contemporary art.
-
[PDF] ↠ Free Read ✓ Before Pictures : by Douglas Crimp ↠
412
Douglas Crimp
-
Title:
[PDF] ↠ Free Read ✓ Before Pictures : by Douglas Crimp ↠
Posted by:
Published :2019-09-05T13:06:42+00:00
Douglas Crimp Is a well-known author, some of his books are a fascination for readers like in theBefore Pictures book, this is one of the most wanted Douglas Crimp author readers around the world.